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noun
Bulla  n.  (pl. bullae)  
1.
(Med.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.
2.
(Anat.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
3.
A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it.
4.
(Zool.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.





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"Bulla" Quotes from Famous Books



... was at this period that one Bulla, an Italian, established a robber band of about six hundred men and for two years continued to plunder Italy under the very noses of the emperors and of so great bodies of soldiers. Pursuit was instituted ...
— Dio's Rome, Volume V., Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) • Cassius Dio
... Franciscus regulam quam papa Honorius confirmavit cum bulla, de qua regula multa fuerunt extracta per ministros contra voluntatem b. Francisci. Cf. ...
— Life of St. Francis of Assisi • Paul Sabatier
... at Mount Bulla Bulla, on the edge of the Jungalla Creek. The supper would have been very scant, if McNabbs had not killed a large rat, the mus conditor, which is highly spoken of as an article of diet. Olbinett roasted it, and it would have been pronounced ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne
... charco una parlera rana Oyo cacarear a una gallina. —iVaya! le dijo.—No creyera, hermana, Que fueras tan incomoda vecina. Y con toda esa bulla ?que hay de nuevo? —Nada, sino anunciar que pongo un huevo. —?Un huevo solo? ?Y alborotas tanto? —Un huevo solo; si, senora mia. ?Te espantas de eso, cuando no me espanto De oirte como graznas noche y dia? Yo, porque sirvo de algo, lo publico. Tu, que de ...
— A First Spanish Reader • Erwin W. Roessler and Alfred Remy
... skull averaging slightly smaller in all measurements taken (especially least interorbital breadth and cranial depth), except mastoidal breadth which is slightly more and interparietal breadth, length of tympanic bulla and length of maxillary tooth-row which are approximately the same. From topotypes of Perognathus fasciatus infraluteus, geographically adjacent to the south, P. f. olivaceogriseus differs in: Upper parts paler and less drab; lateral line brighter and more ...
— Geographic Distribution of the Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatus • J. Knox Jones, Jr.


Words linked to "Bulla" :   bleb, vesicle, stamp, cyst, blood blister, pustule, seal, water blister


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